8:16 PM,
Mar. 17, 2013

Damian Symonette of Waterloo plays a game of Vanguard with Ariell Broa of Iowa City on Sunday at Critical Hit Games.

Written by

Luke Voelz
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

The sound of shuffling cards and scratching pens bounced throughout Critical Hit Games, 702 S. Gilbert St. No. 104, on Sunday as more than 30 local gamers and hobbyists gathered for the Vanguard Trading Card Game regional qualifier.

The tournament fell less then two weeks before the store's second anniversary under new ownership - Iowa City residents Kate Hoynacki, 28, and Landon Hoynacki, 30, purchased it from previous owner Jerod Leupold in March 2011 and moved it from Coralville to its current location in Iowa City.

"He decided he was ready to sell, so I thought, 'Well, that seems like ...